The Sun. — London, England, 1838-04-03 00:00:00

0 PENING of the LONDON and BIRMING HAM RAILWAY. VISITORS to BIRMINGHAM will find every DOMESTIC COMFORT, on theMOST ECONOMICAL TERMS , at t h e PUMP COMM ERCIAL TAVERN ( oppos i te t h e Old Chnrch) I3ULL RING. pnlbtlicisi3luviiitdhitn.ngsfive minutes walk of the Post-office, and all the / 6 41111k- w N'L -. - -"4 , - .: • ,,, '. , i'' e , • , ( 7 : 7 - " - : ~.. , , 6 /el' ....... 4 -,....,- ~ ..,?.:-, - ~ . 7 • (1, ' ' l ?'-' .‘ V'. .; ° ' ''. ~ 0 •".- ''' '4' • , C , 41 :1, - 4 .' s ‘e. ( • .- - r i \ f.. 4.,.. , .•:- i ''' `‘ • / • .. . ,:,..*.it , r - -2„, • ,' ...v .(11 1' -'; i ; I:1 r ":1 %; , , .-. 27.1. .;:;, •- ~4 ' -1 # \I\A\111)1)01i te44 4'''Ztk -k, 7' :f-4 , . 2: ,_ '5 , ' iViP. •6 'W 4)'/•-/) _4 0 1 T „,_,, ...,,, 2 -, ~, A' i7:-.,....... ..._____,_..../----'-',.., NV. 9i'. err ''' ility...l;;;i• — • ''''4•s:. e, LAG- ~2~+ ..~... I) THOMAS EVANS, Proprietor. ST, GILES-in-the-FIELDS and St. GEORGE ; BLOOMSBURY. To GAS-LIGHT COMPANIES, tee. Notice is hereby given, that the Committee for Paving, Cleansing, and Lighting these Parishes, will meet in the Vestry room of St. Giles -in -the-Fields, on Tstuasnar, th e day f Apr next, at ten o' c l oc k in the forenoon precisely, to sth receive o PROPOSALS from such Company or Companies as may be willing to CONTRACT 11, one, two, or t h ree rears, from Midsummer next, for LIGHT ING the PUBLIC LAM PS of these parishes, or any part or parts thereof with GAS, distinguishing, in such tenders, the prices at per hokum for each bat's-wing b urner, and at per annum for each three or cock s p ur b urner; and also to paint the standards brackets, and l anterns, and to keep the same, t oge th er w i t h t h e glasses, in repair (includin g accidents) at p er annum for each lantern, &c. Sealed tenders t o b e d elivered on the day before the Meeting, at the Clerk's office, 21, Hart-street, Bloomsbury -square, where a draft of the contract may be seen, and further particulars obtained. The Clerks or Secretaries of companies sending tenders, are re tittested to attend at the Vestry-room, at the time of meeting- The C ommittee will not bind themselves by the amount of any particular tender. The Company or Companies contracting to pay the expen se of their severol contracts. Payments to be made guar tedY.--March 20. WITH WHICH THE " TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. No. 14,214. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APiM, 3, 1838. PRICE sd. PUBLICATIONS. MORALITY OF THE BAR versus MORALITY OF THE PRESS. replied in the affirmative. He said he was anxious to com pete with Mr. Young, of The Sun, of whose unconquerable energy he spoke. Mr. Knox asked defendant if he was to understand distinctly that he was authorised to engage these gentlemen, and Mr. Harvey replied certainly. Mr. Knox agreed to act as superintendent, and the great advantage of engaging morning paper reporters was pointed out to defen dant. There were some very able and efficient men on the evening papers, but as a class the morning paper reporters were superior. Mr. Harvey spoke of the superior style in which th e r e p or t s o f Th e S un were d one , an d ex p resse d his anxiety to co npcte with that paper. The corps of reporters was engaged, and continued their labours to the 23d of De cember. [The letter of Mr. Davis, sub-editor of the True Sun, dismissing the reporters, and Mr. Knox's answer re fu'ing to take such notice of dismissal, as they had been en. gaged for the session, were then put in and read.) When the reporters were about to be engaged, Mr. Harvey said some thing about engaging them up to Christmas, but Mr. Knox said that was utterly impossible—that the arrangements were made for the session. Witness would not have taken an en gagement up to Christmas. The plaintiff had not since his dismissal obtained any similar engagement. In witness's own case he had found it impossible. He had applied to two Even ing Papers, but none of them required reporters. Defendant said it was optional with witness to have his engagement either annual or sessional. BY AUTHORITY. HE COURT GAZETTE, in an elegant form for binding, devoted to the Court and Fashionable World, Literature, Music, the Drama, Science, and the Arts, price 6(1., will appear April 7th, with a List of Presentations and Dresses at her Majesty's Drawing-room. Advertigements, Orders, &c., at 162, Piccadilly. GUILDHALL, litrivicsnir, Fin. 14, 1838, [" Thrice is he arm'd who hath his quarrel just, And he " eec. We extract the following report of a speech spoken by Mr. Platt, as Mr. Harvey's Counsel, on Wednesday, the 14th February, in one cause, by way of contrast to the speech of the same Learned Counsel against Mr. Harvey in another, or the same cause—the one at Guild hall, on Wednesday, the 14th February, and its twin brother at Kingston, on Wednesday, the 28th March. W, leave it to the discrimination and deep research of people learned in such matters, to say which is the fancy oration of the two—or, in other words, " which is which 9" For our own part, we are puzzled to decide ; and should " doc- , tors disagree"—they had better refer to Mr. Harvey who is, or ought to be by this time, a good judge in " the cause." But should the Member for Southwark appear bewildered, which is very likely, why then the " doubtfuls" may apply to the oracular " Sergeant Eitherside," who delivered this Siamese monstrosity—for in such cases— " None but himself can be his parallel."] HOME CIRCUIT, KINGSTO.V, MARCH 28. Bvo, price 2s. 6d., No. 11. of Y CHRONICLE ARTICLES. Slavery and the new Slave Trade, Coal Monopoly. Reviews, Music, Notes, &c. &c. Orme, and Co. This day was published, in rove 91HE MONTHL rAINcirAL Are the Planets inhabited? Zicci, a Tale (continued). International Copyright. Art in Fiction (concluded.) 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London : Printed for Thomas Tegg and Son, 73, Cheapsido and may be procured, by order, of any other Bookseller in the Kingdom. Mr. PLATT then addressed the Jury for the defendant. It had been stated in his Learned Friend's opening that upon the face of the pleadings it was admitted that Mr. Harvey had discharged the plaintiff without any cause. The ATTORNSY-GENERAL.—No such thing. Mr. PLATT said the Jury lead as good a recollection of his friend's opening as he had hinVelf, and he would be content to leave it in their hands, and would state to the Jury what the case really was they had to try. Mr. Byrne was one of the corps of reporters on the True Sun. It appeared that Mr. Harvey had become proprietor of that paper in 1837, and he had imagined that if he could report up to a later period of the day than was usual with Evening Papers that it would be of advantage to him. Mr. Byrne was engaged, and acted as re porter, faithfully and diligently he admitted, down to the 23d of December, upon which day he was dismissed, having first been paid all that was due to him. It appeared that a dispute arose upon Mr. Davis writing that letter which had been pro duced, as to whether Mr. Harvey had a right to dismiss them so summarily. To try that right they were now assembled. The action was founded upon a contract. The declaration went en to state that the plaintiff was ready and willing to per form his share of the contract ; but had been dismissed with out cause. The defendant had dismissed him, and contended for his right to do so. If he had made an engagement an engagement such as had been stated to the Jury, he had not performed it, and, if so, most undoubtedly the plaintiff was entitled to a verdict; but if there was a different contract—if the plaintiff was engaged, to be discharged at a fortnight's notice, then the defendant would be entitled to a verdict. To prove this case, they had the most curious set of witnesses, all of them plaintiffs against the same defendant, upon the same cause—they came to establish a case, which, if made out, would be exceedingly profitable for reporters. [One of the Jury was here suddenly taken ill, and was obliged to leave the box. Both parties agreed to go on with the eleven remaining.] Who were the witnesses? First, there was Mr. Knox who SALES BY AUCTION. STEAM CONVEYANCE to SAN SEBASTIAN, DER,SANTAN CORUNNA, and CADIZ. If O GOODS AND PASSENGERS. If .111 -IL St " ffi Shi p << WILLIAM FAWCETT, 600 Tons, and 166 florae power, will receive GOODS and PA SENGERS fee the above Ports, and will start from off East lane Stairs, en SaTuannx, the 7th April, at Ten o'clock in the 11° „ rr iill"', and from Falmouth on TU/ISDAY, Mk April. tsood; to b e on board en or before Tit URSDAY i t 11 . . 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Parkes wi'...hing to join the WILLIAM FAWCETT at Gibral- Mr, shottl proceed by the Peninsular Mail Steamers of the 12th anq 19th April from London, and lath and 23d April from FalovAnk. For further particulars apply at the Peninsnlar steam Navigation Offices, 51, St. Mary-Axe, Londom. IVILLCOX and ANDERSON, Managers. NEW NAVAL NOVEL, BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE PILOT." Nearly ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., HOMEWARD BOUND; A TALE OF THE SEA. By J. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. Author of " The Pilot," " The Red Rover," " The Water Witch," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. Cross-examined by Mr. HARVEY.— A memorandum of agreement was handed to witness by defendant after the re porters had been engaged. It was not given for the purpose of explaining the views and arranging the terms of the agree ment, but for the purpose of having detailed to defendant the names of the reporters and the duties they had to per form. Mr. Knox was at the time in Dublin. The memo randum was never subsequently alluded to until Mr. Harvey had violated his engagement. I wrote to Mr. Knox relative to the opening portion of the memorandum, on the 2d or 3d of November, after the reporters had been put in the different law Courts. At the trial of Byrne v. Harvey, Mr. Knox, in his examination, did not say that he had never heard of the memorandum, but that he had never seen it until after the engagement had been viol a t e d. Wit ness declined By ORDER of the GOVERNMENT of the UNITED STATES. Just ready, in 2 vol s . S vo ., w i t h Pl ates an d C harts, A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD During the Years 1335, 36, and 37, Including A NARRATIVE of an EMBASSY to The SULTAN of MUSCAT and the KING of SIAM. By W. S. W. RUSCHENBERGER, M.D., Surgeon to the Expedition. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street ; Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty. to act as superintendent from seeing the absence of all delicate feeling on the part of defendant. He was afterwards per suaded to join the corps by Mr. Francis and plaintiff. During the time witness acted as superintendent in plaintiff's absence, he would willingly have forgone a great portion of his salary to get rid of it, the duty was so harassing. The True Sun office was covered with placards, stating that it would be in ferior to no Evening Paper. Mr. Knox stated tl'at he was on the Morning Advertiser, and spoke of some extraordinary efforts he had made at the Cumberland election and in Dublin, to express the news to London. It was part of the duty of the reporters to report the proceedings in the Law Courts. Mr. Knox was specially excepted in consequence of being super intendent. Witness was also exempted from that duty by the defendant himself, but he was to attend the Courts when Parliament was not sitt'ng. Witness applied to the Morning Advertiser for an engagement after Mr. Harvey had dismissed him. He had no recollection of writing a letter while on the True Sun, to the Editor of the Morning Adver tiser, stating that he considered his engagement on the former paper a precarious one. IF there was such a letter, let it be produced. Witness had taken the option of a Sessional en gagement with defendant, and had brought an action against him. Forty-two pounds had been paid into Court, and his solicitor had taken it out. Defendant had refused to give him a single shilling as compensation, and he was compelled to bring the action. On the former trial Byrne v. Harvey, which was similar to the present, the jury gave a verdict of 421. for the plaintiff. The Judge was Lord Denman, and de fendant's Counsel was Mr. Platt.—( Much laughter.) Wit ness has been thrown into great difficulties, and he knows that Mr. Knox has also been placed in great pecuniary em barrassment by the sudden termination of the engagement. Mr. Knox has a wife and family. Forty-two pounds was by no means an adequate compensation for the loss sustained thereby. The engagements had been made before the memo randum was handed him by Mr. Harvey, and he said it was to protect him from the results of inefficiency or neglect. Mr. Knox co-operated with the greatest zeal, and if any party had a right to complain, it was the reporters, because he kept so closely at work. Mr. Knox was at present employed on th• Morning Advertiser. Now ready, PART XIV., Small Paper Edition, price 4s. 6d. of MR. BURKE'S H ISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY; A COMPANION to the PEERAGE and BARONETAGE. "'* Two more Parts will complete this important Work, Which comprises a Biographical and Genealogical Account of ALL the EMINENT FAMILIES in the KINGDOM, And upwards of 100,000 Individuals connected with them. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough -street. With FREE P UBLIC -HOUS E, ALDGATE, otit reservo, in consequence of the default of the purchaser a, the for mer sale. MR. D ANIEL TION LEAS CRONIN will SE LL b y AUC , at G arravray's, o n T ituasDAY, April 5, at Twelve, The E and GOO DWILL of the HOPE PUBLIC HOUSE, adv an tageottErir , situate i n Jewry street, Aldgat e . Th e premises are held upon two lives for a term of which 13 years are unexpired at Lady -day, 1838, at the rent of Gal. per annum. 'aybe viewed and particulars had on the premises ; at Garra- Ways ; and o f the auctioneer, 12, East-street, Lamb's Conduit street. -"-"" PEARCE ON MESENTERIC ATROPHY, &e. ',WOW Just published, price 7s. AN ESSAY on CHILDREN, and that Disease designated Mesenteric Atrophy, Marasmus, or Decline, adapted partly for Parents; and also ♦arious embodied observations of practical usefulness upon general adult and juvenile health, as in fluenced by avocation, moral culture, looality, air, animal food, &c. ; with cases of cure occurring in the Author's practice. By A. L. PEARCE, surgeon. London : Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Paternoster-row ; and T. Burgess, CoTontry-street. LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS BARBICAN, PRODUCING NEARLY lOU PER ANNUM. AIR. DANIEL CRONIN will SELL by AUC TION, at Garraway's, on THuRSDAY, April 5, at Twelve, -S .‘ s he T LEASES of EIGHT DWELLING-HOUSES, being s 9, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, and 45, Bridgewater -gardens, and House adjoining in Braekley-street, Barbican, some occupied by old tenants, and held for upwards of 40 years, and let to produce nearly 1001. per annum. May be v iewed by leave, and particulars had at the three Cups, . A ldersgate-street ; at Garral,vay's ; and of the Auctioneer, 12, East -street, Lamb's Conduit-street. —___ CHANGE OF AIR—INDIGESTION —ECONOMY OF HEALTH. Just published, greatly enlarged, Fourth Edition, price 95., CHANGE of AIR; or t h e P URSUIT of HEALTH. A New Edition, much enlarged and improved. By JAMES JOHNSON, M.D. 2. The ECONOMY of HEALTH ; or Stream of Haman Life, from the Cradle to the Grave. Second Edition, enlarged, price is. 6d. 3. An ESSAY on INDIGESTION; or MORBID SENSI BILITY of the STOMACH and BOWELS. Ninth Edition, improved, price 6s. 6d. 4. The INFLUENCE of TROPICAL CLIMATES on EU ROPEAN CONSTITUTIONS. Fifth Edition, greatly enlarged, price 18s. CAPITAL FREE PUBLIC Hc l u-s- , ,.. LANE, Two D oors f rom Holborn. MR. DANIEL CRO NIN will SELL by 1- AUCTION, at Garraway's ou THURSDAY, April 5, at Twelve : The VALUABLE LEASE, with possessing, of the WHITE lIART, Drury-lane, two doors from Holborn, together with the premises adjoining. The whole held for a term, of which 25 years were unexpired at Christmas-day last, at a low rent. The pre mises are well constructed, in excellent repair, mad are placed in a most, commanding situation, possessing advantages in point of trade 1101 usually attached to houses of this description. ___Al,ty be v i ewed, and particulars had on the premises ; at Garra stree. waY ts; and of th e auct i oneer, 12, East-street, Lamb's Conduit --____ By the Court—Mr. Knox was not employed on the True Sun in the morning, except occasionally, when attending public meetings. He was then employed in the evening, from four to half-past six, or near seven o'clock. The Chief Justice—Then it appears to me that it is better to be upon an evening than a morning paper. Mr. James Woods--Had been twenty-four years on th e press, twenty- one o f t h ose h a d b een oa the Times. Repor ters were generally engaged before the commencement of the Session, either for the Session or the year. During the Session there would be a great difficulty in getting an en gagement on either; 421. was not a fair compensation for the plaintiff. S. Highley, 32, Fleet-street. BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. - F . WEEKS, Patentee of I m p rove d KITCHEN j• RANGE Sand COOKING APPARATUS, having granted Licenses for the Manufacture and Sale of them in London, begs to inform Furnishing Ironmongers, &c., in the country, that he is now ready to grant Licenses on most equitable and advantage ous terms. Address (post-paid) E. Weeks, King's-road, Chelsea. IRON PARK AND FIELD FENCE. J. PORTER begs to call the attention of Gentlemen re quiring Iron Hurdles, to his IMPROVED IRON FENCE, which may be seen fixed in the ground at his Manufactory, 82, Upper Thames-street, and at Dowgate-dock. Sheep and Cattle Hurdles, Hare and Rabit Proof Fence, .Iron Bedsteads of every description, &c. FIRE PROOF IRON DOORS, SAFES, CHESTS, DEED and CASH BOXES, &c., warranted as secure as any that arc or can be made. EXCELLENT COMMANDING PUBLIC -HOUSE and LIQUOR-VAULTS, After an oc cupat i on of 24 years. MR. D A NIEL C RONIN respectfully announces h a s ill t he al is th instructed by Mr. J o h n Boorman, in conse 'pence of hi he S fitußs DA r, Ap r il 5 , at Twelve, y ACTION, at G arraway's, on The valuable LEASE, with possession, of the SHIPWRIGHT'S ARMS, admirably situate at the corner of Bermondse Tooley- s t reet ; held for a term o f 25 street and year y- s, at a t r ifli ng rent. The premises are s o consp i cuously situate to maintain a continuance and Improvement of the excellant trade which for many year s h as b een attached to th em, that no comment is necessary to recomme n d t h en to public a t tention. May be viewed one week prior io the sale, when particulars may be had on the premises ; at Garraway's ; and of the auctioneer, 12, East-street, Lamb's Conduit -street. EXCELLENT MODERN VAT S, and EFFE CT B AR FITTINGS, LIQ UOR- S, togethe r w i t h the LEASE of the PREMISES, by Order of th e T rustees. NFL DANIEL CRONIN is directed to b SELL, y AU CTON, on th e P remises, the PRINCE OF o til,te,,NriGE, Hattonlwall, Hatton -garden, on FainA v, April 6, at Th LEASE in th e and GOODWILL of th e PR EMISES, which are up, and are orough repair, h ave b een recently decorated and newly fitted most commandingly situate for any business ; held for term of nearly 17 years, at the low rent of 4tl/. per annum. Also, In lots, the capital Liquor Shop Fittings, comprising an excellent returned counter with metal covering, hydraulic pump, six -motion beer-engine, two ten-motion spirit fountains, metal saveall, cabinet mahogany fittings, modern gas apparatus, large Painted liquor-vats, patent warming stove, capital ornamented iron -railing, large modern street-lamp, fixtures, bedsteads, bedding, atid the usual iron description ion of household furniture. May be viewed, and catalogues had on the premises, and of th e auct , ioneer 12 East str ee t , L amb ' s Conduit -street. FREEHOLD AND COPYHOLD ESTATE, Niiinchmore-hill, Aliddlesex, alike eligible for occupation or invest ment. 11. DANIEL CRONIN respectfully announces ;;;-,, that he is instructed by the Executors of Mrs. Prudence M •;;;' er, deceased, to SELL by AUCTION, at Garraway's on ttk.litiasuar, April 25, at Twelve, 6;_ Valuable FREEHOLD and COPYHOLD ESTATE, known 11',0(treadinired as Butt's Farm, most delightfully situate, at Winch built -bil' near the Green Dragon ; comprising a capial brick dwelling-house, with garden, fore-court, stabling, out-build -I,lllt.and five field s of excellent meadow land ; in the whole con - 1- (11(141g about 20 acres and admirably adapted for the occupation of a respectable family. The copyhold part is subject to a nominal tiiittlittrent and trifling n, ta x is onl y 21. fine certain on death or alienation, and the Ala •b e • Bs. per annum. a.. had ) /lewed 14 days prior to the silo, when particulars may be on the •' - (--; Winehmore-hill ; the Cherry ,freperemises ;at the Green Dragon, . Bart, Tatetiliam , Southgate ,the Grayhound, I at Garrawa's ; of • G- Enfield, the White Itohe tT r aylor, Es ; the Bull Inn, Hertforc ; I.°w and of -- '' ' l 2 , t treet, Lamb's-Conduit -01 solicitor 16, Great James-street, Bedford-%trect the auctioneer, East-street, -s - Ar a AN lINIPROVED RENT OF 1201. A YEAR, Ply secured upon a Residence and Premises, near Portman square. MR. MUSGROVE has received iustructions 4 , , as from the Trustees and 'Executors of Osgood Gee, Esq., hi e bA e d, to SELL by AUCTION, at the Auction Mart, on A ( .1,. 1- ? ra April 6, at Twelve, % i sti r :' , l ble LEASEHOLD PROPERTY for investment, eon- L or 1 a capital family residence, situate and being No. 15, the stali e Y in our-strect with convenient premises behind, and also I:1, •. 1 Lo g , coach-house, apartments and loft, designated as Nu. Hoo l l, l' I,er Seymour-mews ; altogether let on lease to Peter •' - ' 5 (l. at 1 y eui , ~._ , aow rent of 1301. per annum, and held for vi ' "'oat 1 776, at a ground rent of only 101. a year. Pri n .. To be viewed by permission only. . , ;,. 11. A Led particulars on the premises ;at the Auction Mart of libi t i, IlaYrnond, Esq., soliciter . 46 Lincoln's Inn-tields office,.mg, Surveyor, 16, 13 erners ' -str ' eet, Oxford-street ; and at . the o ,'.. of Mr. Musgrove auctioneer and surveyor, 5, Austin-friars, ..........................._2,..bsroad-str et, City.' DESIR RESIDENCE, Itu With Creen- Imi ABLE se, Garden, Chai se -h ouse, an d S ta bl e, d e li g h t f u ll y R ate B at Ralston : held for a long Term of Years, at a Ground MR. MUSGROVE is instructed by the Esc cutors of Mr. George Goddard, deceased, to SELL by TWel C AUCTION, at the Mart, on FRIDAY, April 6, at p o ,: e ,• a valuable LEASEHOLD PROPERTY, with early item, ; consistin g of a respectable family house, in complete cheerfully; tuate in the preferable part of the village of Dal , placed placed at an agreeable distance from the high road, aad corn e,ta d e i ng in front an unobstructed view over part of the lands and cw t., of the late Sir Robert Graham. The premises have been re en,largcd, repaired, and beautified at a very considerable ex ractt • he internal arrangements are of the most convenient eha ditt•nerr: comprising six bed chambers, an elegant drawing-room, Iteuifs-rDom, breakfast parlour, large store-room, kitchen, pantry, ' e rY, and an excellent dry celiarage for wine, beer, and coals. The whole annum, held for tiCarlly 46 years, at a ground rent of 5/. pe r rn a T ° b e viewed by raids only, which, with descriptive particulars, Y at tin: obtained at the office of Mr. Hindman, Basinghaß-street ; 6, A u ' Mart ; and of Mr. Musgrove. Auctioneer and Surveyor, stin-friars, Old Broad -street, City. The Trade $n plied. BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY. The two great distinguishing features of this Brandy are, its confirmed wholesome properties (being the only essentially pure spirit known) ; and the striking similarity in its flavour to that of the finest French Brandy. The Patent Brandy is the only Spirit recommended by the Faculty, and the only one that has stood the test of searching Chemical Ana lysis. The Reports made upon those which may have been sub mitted to that process by others having been such as they have not dared to offer to public notice. The Only Establishment of J. T. Betts and Co., is the Distillery, No. 7, Smithfield-bars, adjoining the Cattle Market, where the Patent Brandy may be had either pale or coloured, sent free of ex pense to any part of the town, in quantities not less than Two Gal lons, at Eighteen Shillings per Imperial Gallon, of the highest legal strength, for Cash on delivery. x,,.• A liberal Discount to the Trade. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S—YE,lrmrtrd P. There was a full attendandance up to nearly half-past six o'clock, and some horses were backed for the Derby, but the amount of business transacted barely exceeded what was done yesterday week. Cobweb was backed at 6 to I for between two and three hundred pounds, the odds being offered currently at the close. Grey Momus was second favoltrite, the Nonplus colt, whose price we have guessed at 13 to 1, having gone very much out of favour. Alemdar and Young Rowton may be quoted at 13 to I each, outside offers, but acither was backed outright. Bullion aid Cobham were in some request, and about one hundred and fifty pounds were laid out on D'Egville, without giving him any advance. Conservator sprung a few points ; and, although we have placed Drum-major at 50 to 1 (taken), we have reason to believe that ten points less would have been taken had there been any layers. The outside lot has decreased amazingly in number. Very few are mentioned. The average prices at the finish were as follow : THE RIDDLESWORTII. 2 to 1 on Cobweb colt—taken and afterwards offered TIM DERBY'. 6 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt—take 13 to '2 2 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Momus—taken 3 to 1 agst Ld Exeter's Alemdar—take 14 to 1 3 to 1 agst Mr. Bland's Young Rowton—offered 3 to 1 agst Mr. Armitage's Nonplus colt—offered 7 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early Bird—take 20 to 1 _ . 20 to 1 agst Ld G. Bentinek's D'Egville—taken & aft. offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. 11. Coombes's Cobham-22 to 1 taken 20 to 1 agst Captain Berkeley's Bullion-24 to 1 taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Conservator—taken and aftw. offered 50 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards's Drum-major—taken 2000 to 39 agst Lord Exeter's Brother to Cactus—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Bowes's Gonfalon—taken 2000 to 10 agst Lord G. Bentinok's Seth—taken 600 to 100 agst Grey Momus and Young Rowton—taken 600 to 500 on Young Rowton agst Early Bird—taken 500 to 1000 on Conservative agst Brother to Cactus—taken THE OAKS. 8 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Callisto—taken 9 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Glenara—offered 9 to 1 agst Duke of Gi•afton's Unique—taken 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Rowton's dam filly—offered 15 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Romania—taken LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER. CIIRSTER TRADE CUP. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Birdlime taken 6 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Whaler—taken 13 to 2 agst General Yates's Sylrnn—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Fowler's Mersey —taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Price's Wentworth 12 to 1 agst Mr. Fairlie's Zohrab—takon 15 to I agst Mr. Clarke's Magician 15 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Parislles L"0 to 1 agst Mr. 13•vver's Lord Stafford 20 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Combat —taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Barrow's Cathorina—taken 25 to 1 asst Mr. B. Collett's Conservative—taken 100 to 3 apt Captain Lamb's Chit Chat --taken freely 1 1 ( 0 )0 0 t t o o 33 agsta s 3 t 1%1 1 rr. St.G. Co Paul'soke ' s Gl Rachel oo EPSOM SP.RING RACES, 1838. These races take place to-anorrow ; the entries closed on Satur day evening as follows The Hunters' Stakes did not fill. Match for 100 says. Half a mile.-41r. Balchin's b. f. by Cain, out of Lady Belle, by Waxy Pope, 3 yrs, against Mr. Thomas's c. by The Colonel, out of Mirandola, 4 yrs. Sir Gilbert's Plate of 50 sous. Lord G. Bentinck's br. r.. Seth, by Voltaire, out of Eve, 3 vrs ; Sir G. Heathcote's Bay Hampton, I yrs ; Mr. Shephard's * Jim Jim Crow, 4 yrs ; Mr. flalchin's b. f. by C a i n, out of Lady Belle, by Waxy Pope, 3 yrs. made a claim of the same kind—who, along with his col leagues, had commenced actions against Mr. Harvey, but it did not appear that they had yet gone farther than serving the writ. They wanted to see the result of that trial before they went farther, when it would be easy for them to pay Mr. Harvey his costs and give up their actions. It was perfectly clear that they all came to establish their own claims. They had only Knox Francis, and Geary, to speak to the contract, and they were all parties who were deeply interested in its being set up. Why was it that they had not had some reporters called who were not connected with the case in order to prove the alleged custom ? There were enough of newspapers in London ; there were enough of reporters about, and surely it would have been very easy for them to have called one gentleman connected with the public:press, in order to prove the supposed or pretended custom. They relied upon themselves alone, because his Learned Friend was 'veil aware that if he had called any such witness he would have entirely failed in his object. Mr. Sinnet was the only gentleman who was called unconnected with the party, and he told them most distinctly that when he was engaged by Mr. H. the terms were reduced to writing. Was it possible that they could believe Mr. H.— a man of experience, a man of business —could they believe that he would allow Mr. Knox to make any engagement that he pleased. Was it possible that he would allow him to make engagements with one party for the whole Session, and with another party for a few weeks ? If so, Mr. Knox might have engaged a corps for five years, for, as the evidence stood, he was merely desired to engage a corps of reporters. Could they, for a moment, suppose that he, a man ' of great experience, would enter into a contract which was to be binding only on one party ? Mr. H. made out the con tract which had been produced that day, with such a flourish, before any of the parties had put pen to paper for the True Sun. He saw Mr. Geary, and as a man of business, he told him he did not want to have any dispute hereafter, and ac cordingly he prepares a paper which he hands to that Gen tleman, which he says he rejected. His conduct, however, was not very consistent with that rejection. If one of the Jury were to propose to himself to bind a servant of his by writing, if that servant did not approve of the terms, could they for a moment suppose that the servant would carry away the writing. in his pocket ? If Mr. Geary did not agree to it, why did he carry it away ? He took it away—he kept it—he is in a . collusion with Mr. Byrne, and hands it over to that gentleman' s attorney, who would not produce it from his bag until he was forced, and then his Learned Friend the Attorney-General, in his usual flourishing manner, produces it, saying he had not the slightest objection to its being before the Court. But he had strong objections to the production of it, and unless his Learned Friend had been much pressed, he never would have produced it, as he was afraid that it would make much against his own case. His laearned Friend said the blanks in the agreement were to be filled up with the names of Geary and Knox. Yet at the same time he admitted that it was be for the protection of Mr. Harvey. What protection on earth would it hare been to Mr. Harvey if the blanks had been filled up with their n eines, and all power was to remain in their hands in spite of Mr. Harvey? Had any one of them (the Jury) ever heard of any agreement under which notice to put an end to it by sue party alone would any of them allow a servant to be in his employment upon an agreement under which that servant might give a month's notice to leave, yet he, the master, should not have power to do any thing of the kind ? It was perfectly clear that the blanks in the document were to be filled up on the one hand with the name of Mr. Harvey, and on the other by one of the parties for the whole, or the whole names. Was it fair dealing with Mr. Harvey to receive 3/. 3s. weekly, and at the same time not to signify to him the rejection of the docu ment. Did not Mr. H.'s conduct show that when he gave the notice he had an idea he had a perfect right to do so ? Hi s conduct from the beginning to the end, showed that he all along thought that the parties opposed to him were entirely wrong. They took away the paper—they never returned it—they never saw another, and therefore Mr. H. concludes that the document is in full force. Were the Jury, then, to suppose that they had entered into another bargain than that which was stipulated for ? If so Mr. Byrne was entitled to the full price of his services, and no more. As the case stood, it was incumbent on the plaintiff to make out the contract. He had not done so, then defendant was entitled to a verdict. His Learned Friend had anticipated a defence which he said that Mr. Harvey might rely upon. He said that Mr. Har vey would rely on the Statute of Frauds. Where was the proof of that? Mr. Harvey would disdain on the plaintiff to make out the verdict. His Learned Friend had anticipated a defence which Mr. Harvey might rely upon. He said that Mr. Harvey would rely on the Statute of Fraud . Wn)re was the proof of that? Mr. Harvey would disdain such a defence ; his word was his bond ; then why Lad his Learned Friend come forward now to insult Mr. Harvey in the manner he had done ? It was because of the weakness of his ease ; if a man had a good and fair case --if he had justice on his side--if he could show that the contract was fairly entered into he would not use invective nor insult. Mr. Harvey came there as an honest man, indignant at such an insult. He knew that he had never entered into the contract. Mr. Byrne himself knew it. How did the document come into his pos sion ? He knew of the agreement, and it was not until Mr. Harvey acted upon it by dismissing him that he came to deny it. The case was then before them, and it was for them to say whether, on the evidence of interested witnesses, they would give a verdict against the defendant. GENERAL 'LINTER.---This officer, who has lately gained such distinction in Spain, is a native of Waterford, in Ireland, and has previously been engaged in the service of the Spanish Government, in south America. In 1812 he was attached to a West Indian regiment doing duty in the Island of Curacoa, distant only twenty miles from the shores of Ve nezuela, and to which the greater part of the Spanish settlers emigrated at the commencement of the revolution in Caraccas• In 1815, he obtained leave of absence, and accompanied Co lonel Maclean to Caraccas, where he acted as interpreter to the embassy. The reduction of his regiment, in 1816, having shut out every avenue to his further preferment in the British service, he went to Caraccas, where he joined the Royalist forces, and served with considerable success against Bolivar. Ele returned to this country about the year 1820, where be published a history of the civil wars in South America, and a strong address to his countrymen against interfering in the re volutionary troubles of these provinces. Soon afterwards he entered into the service in Spain, and was engaged in the civil war of that country, occasioned by the entry of the French army, under the Duke of Angouleme ; and, subsequently ob tained high rank in Spain. lie has married a Spanish lady, by whom he has a large family. CONFIDENCE IN MINISTERS.—We expressed our hope last week that the address of confidence which had been voted to Lord Melbourne at a public meeting of the inhabi tants of Truro, would be signed by every Reformer in the bo rough ; and we have now the pleasure of announcing- to the. fiends of the liberal cause that our hope has been nearly, if not altogether, realized.— West Briton. (Before Chief Justice TINDAL and a Common Jury.) assux v. nainvey, ESQ., M.P. Mr. PLATT and Mr. CHANNELL appeared for the plaintiff, and the defendant appeared in person. Mr. CIIANNELL opened the pleadings. It was an action for a breach of contract, and a sum of 421. had been paid into Court, by the defendant, as compensation. Mr. PLATT, who appeared for the plaintiff, said his client, a gendeman of literary acquirements, and who had main tained himself principally as a reporter for newspapers, of the proceedings in Courts of justice and Parliaments, had been driven to bring this action against Mr. Harvey, to re cover compensation in damages for the breach of a contract into which both parties had entered. The Learned Counsel stated that in the month of October Mr. Harvey, being the proprietor of the True Sun evening paper, was desirous of 'advancing its interests, and to acquire for it a character which might procure for it an extensive sale, and accordingly he convened around him a number of persons of assiduity and talent for the purpose of assisting him in that object, among whom was the plaintiff Mr. Knox, who was to superintend the rest of the corps, and who was therefore in some manner re sponsible to the principal for the propriety of their conduct. The engagement into which Mr. Harvey entered was to em ploy Mr. Knox at 31. 3s. per week for the coming Session of Parliament. Reporters for newspapers were like performers .at theatres, when they entered into an engagement at the commencement of a season in one case, and the commence ment of a Parliamentary Session in the other. He believed ;it was the universal practice for actors to enter into an en gagement for the coming season at a theatre as reporters did for the whole of the coming Session of Parliament, and for this reason, that if before the commencement of the sea son he was not so fortunate as to acquire an engagement it would be idle for him to attempt to obtain such an engage, ment during the currency of the Session, because all the past pers would be by that time supplied with the necessary corps: It had been suggested that perhaps the object of Mr. Harvey, in making the exertions he did a t the commencement of, the sessions was to induce the proprietor of The Sun (The, Sun and True Sun being rivals at that time) to buy up the True Sun, when it was found to be an adversary worth pur chasing. How that might be lie knew not, but great exer tions were made to raise as much as possible the character of the paper. On the 16th Dec., while the reporters were going on in the discharge of their duty, a letter was received from a gentleman of the name of Davis,' addressed to the plaintiff, as follows :—" Dear Sir,—l am desired by Mr. Harvey to inform you that, after Saturday next, he will no longer require the services, either of yourself or of your corps of reporters, but will consider the engagement with you as terminated. He further told me to say that he waited here, in expectation of seeing you, that he might tell you this personally, but as he was unable to wait any longer he desired me to give you this information in writing." It would seem that at that time, Mr. Harvey had no further occasion for the reporters as he had entered into an engagement with Mr. Young, the pro prietor of The Sun, and Mr. Young became the proprietor of The Sun and True Sun. On the 18th of December the plaintiff wrote an answer to that letter, stating that neither he nor the other reporters would consider themselves dismissed, they having been engaged for the whole of the Session. Cer tain communications afterwards took place between the par ties, but as that was to be without prejudice he would not far ther allude to it. The consequence was Mr. Harvey refusing to pay anything after the 23d of Dec., and the present action was brought. The declaration stated the contract to which he had alluded, and that before the perfection of the contract Mr. Harvey dismissed the plaintiff without reasonable cause. To this Mr. Harvey had not pleaded anything by way of de nial, but, on the contrary, admitted the contract, and admitted the dismissal without any reasonable cause ; but said, although I did enter into the contract, and although I dismissed you without reasonable cause, 42/. is all you can recover from me, and that I will pay into Court." That was the only question they had to try. The plaintiff was entitled to receive the money which he would have received if Mr. Harvey had con tinued his engagement till the end of the Session. The Ses sion in all probability would not terminate till the Ist of Au , gu,t, so that beyond all question 421. was not sufficient. It might be argued that Mr. Knox's time was of some value to him, but he wished Mr. Knox could find that out. Mr. Knox had not been able to get any other engagement up to this time, nor would he till after the month of October next. The plain tiff had entered into the engagement with Mr. Harvey, because he believed it would enable him to maintain his wife and fa mily with respectability during the year, but that expectation had been blighted by the sudden notice given by Mr. Harvey. He would call gentlemen who would prove the custom of newspapers in engaging reporters ; he would show that Mr. Knox had no other engagement, and that he could not have had, because all the other papers were filled with reporters, and when he had done that, he apprehended the jury would have have very little difficulty in finding their verdict for the residue of the sum due to the plaintiff. If the Session continued up to the Ist of August that would be 221 days after the 23d of December, which would be rather more than 31 weeks. Thirty-one weeks at 3/. 3s. a week, would he 97/. 135., from which if they de ducted 42/. paid into Court, 55/. 13s. would be the sum for which their verdict ought to be given. If he established the facts he had stated, he knew the jury would not be sorry to return that verdict which would do justice to the plaintiff. Mr. George H. Francis was then called and examined.— He said I conducted Mr. Harvey's corps of reporters for the preceding Session. About the latter end of October, 1837, I had a c onversation with Mr. Harvey relative to a renewal of the reporting system adopted the Session before. I said it would not suit my convenience again to conduct the corps, but that if I could give him any assistance I should be very happy to do so. Mr. Harvey wished to know whether there were any gentlemen whom I could recommend for the pur pose of being engaged on the paper, and I named Mr. Geary. During that interview there was some conversation with re gard to The Sun newspaper, and Mr. Harvey said he wished to have reports in a very superior style of the proceedings in Parliament, from the opening of the House till about half-past six or seven o 'clock, to compete with The Sun evening paper. Mr. Harvey said he thought the salary paid during the pre vious Session was not enough, and he proposed paying more ; that was on my suggestion. Th e sa l ary paid during the pre ceding Session was two guineas a week. I requested Mr. Geary to call on Mr. Harvey the following day. It was Mr. Harvey's wish I should do so. I did not accompany Mr. Geary on that occasion. I called on Mr. Harvey a few days afterwards, when I learned from him that he had made the en gagement with Mr. Geary. I also learned from Mr. Harvey that Mr. Knox was engaged to superintend the corps of re porters. That was the post I had filled the preceding Session. Mr. Knox afterwards performed the duties of superintendent of the corps, and he exerted himself v er y zea l ously indeed. Mr. Knox had also an engagement on a morning'paper. It is not incompatible with the duty of a reporter for an evening paper to be also engaged on a morning paper. Mr. Knox was also employed at the same time as a correspondent for a country paper. It is always usual for reporters to be engaged before the commencement of the Session, except in very extraordi nary cases, and for the whole Session. It is almost impossible to obtain regular employment as a reporter after the commenc ment of the Session. After Mr. Knox had ceased to act as superintendent of Mr. Harvey's corps he did riot obtain any engagement from an evening paper. Such an engagement he is very unlikely to obtains to the end of the Session. Mr. Harvey stated that the rate of payment should be three guineas per week. The witness was cross-examined at great length by Mr. Harvey. Mr. PLATT objected to any evidence as to the terms of Mr. Francis's engagement, as the agreement h a d b een made in writing. The corps which witness superintended during the previous Session had not been engaged by him, but judging from the circumstance of some of them having been dis missed at a fortnight's or a week's notice, he believed they had not been engaged by the defendant subject to dismissal at such a notice. When witness called on defendant in Oc tober last, relative to the publication of some articles, he ob served that it was a pity, with such great editorial ability, the paper had not the advantage of good reporting. The de fendant's object appeared to be to compete with The Sun newspaper. Witness suggested the engagement of a corps of experienced and efficient gentlemen. The suggestion about paying them more liberally than the previous Session came from the defendant first. Three guineas a week is the usual pay of an evening paper reporter. The Sun reporters, he believed, received that sum. Several gentlemen on The Sun newspaper, receiving three guineas a week, were also engaged on a morning paper. I know gentlemen at present on two evening papers who are also on morning papers. One is on The Sun, and also on the Shipping Gazette. Mr. Harvey. —As for the Shipping Gazette, I believe it is not much known here or any where else : but do you know any reporter on the Times engaged also on an evening paper ? Witness. —N ot now. I knew a gentleman last year on the Chronicle who was also on an evening paper. The witness here, in answer to questions from Mr. Harvey, went at some length into a statement of the duties of a morn ing paper reporter in reporting the proceedings in Parliament. He believed six actions were brought against the defendant. One attorney is employed by all. He was not aware that Mr. Dean, the attorney, had received any guarantee for the costs. Witness's brother had brought an actions against the defendant. He did not know whether Mr. Knox had applied for any other engagement. On his re-examination witness stated that while he was on the True Sun he had an engagement also on a morning paper, and that was known to Mr. Harvey. William Geary deposed that in the month of October last lie called upon the defendant at the True Sun office, and stated his terms. He recommended the plaintiff, Mr. Knox, as the most eligible person to carry the defendant's wishes into execution, a s h e was, in witness's opinion, a person of consi derable ability and talent. Mr. Knox and witness subse quently waited upon the defendant with an estimate of the ex pense of such an arrangement as defendant contemplated, which was handed to defendant and approved of by him. He asked witness if seven reporters were necessary, and witness • Mr. John Dickens was a reporter on the Morning Herald, and had known Mr. Knox for about three sears, whom he considered to be a reporter of talent and ability. The wit ness corroborated the testimony of the former witnesses, as to the difficulty of obtaining an engagement during the Session, and that 421. was not a due compensation to the plaintiff. Cross-examined by Mr. HARVEY —Since the passing of the Reform Bill the Sessions had lasted to the middle of August, in one year up to the middle of October. He should say that the Session would not close before July. He had heard that the Coronation was to take place this year; he did not know whether that had been stated in the Morning Herald, because he never read that paper, but he had heard it would take place in June. He should say 601. would be a sufficient compensation to the plaintiff. _ _ Nit% James O'Keefe was now engaged as a Parliamentary Reporter on the Morning Chronicle. He should not consider that 421. was a sufficient compensation to the plaintiff for the breach of contract. It was very difficult, after the Session had commenced, to get an engagement as a Parliamentary Reporter. Cross-examined by Mr. HARVEY-Witness was on the Times and The Sun at the same time. That was at the lat ter end of the Session of 18.36. in the Session of 1837 wit ness was upon the Chronicle and The Sun at the same time, up to Easter ; and at that time left The Sun with the consent of Mr. Young. It was understood at the Morning Chronicle Office that in the course of the Session his engagement with The Sun would terminate. Mr. John Scott—l have been a Reporter on the Morning Advertiser 24 years, and am well acquainted with the nature of the duties of a reporter on a Morning Paper ; it is com patible with those duties that he should report also for an Evening Paper. I know nothing to the contrary. 421. was decidedly not a sufficient compensation to the plaintiff, be cause it is very unlikely that he will be able to get another en gagement on an Evening Paper before the end of the Session. I think that nothing less than three guineas a- week would compensate. Cress -examined by Mr. HARVEY—Do you think an engage ment on a Morning Paper would interfere with the duties of a reporter as an Evening Paper? Witness—lt might ; but I should think it my duty, for my own sake, to have sonic ar rangement made. You would make some stipulation in order to guard against the clashing of opposite interests? Before I entered into the engagement, I should do so, certainly. As tar as lam con cerned, I should, for my own sake, have a clear understand ing- on that point. If, in addition to Mr. Knox's engagements in the gallery of the House of Commons, he was also engaged to go into any part of the country, or to meetings, would not that interfere with his duties on the Morning Advertiser? Yes. You have been asked whether you consider 42/. an adequate compensation for the loss of this engagement from the 23d of December to some indefinite period. Now, as you speak with considerable confidence in that respect, I wish to ask on what data you made your calculation ? The engagement having been for the Session, I should require it to go through the Session. The CHIEF JUSTICE —What you say is, that in your judg ment he ought to recover for the whole Session. Witness— Certainly. I would not take one farthing less. Mr. Richard Bousfield, Mr. Suter, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Beard, were examined to the same effect. This being the case for the plaintiff, Mr. Mauve? then rose, and addressed the Jury as follows May it please your Lordship —Gentlemen of the Jury,--I trust the day will never come when any person, in whatever situation, will feel it necessary to make an apology for appear ing in a Court of Justice, either to conduct or to defend his owe cause. At the same time, if an individual, from whatever motive, chooses to do so, he has no special claim either upon the indulgence of the Judge or the attention of the Jury ; but, Gentlemen, when an individual circumstanced like myself is reluctantly driven to that cours , , he then has a peculiar claim to the kind attention of the Jury, as also to the utmost indulgence of the Court. I am not brought here to-day under the influence of any disgusting vanity of being able to conduct my cause better than the youngest or the feeblest of the mane able men I see about me. I am driven to this course by a stratagem—l hope it is a rare one—of having my Counsel seduced from me ; and the indiv:dual who ranks first here in experience, in knowledge, and all the refined subtleties of his profession, has most anpropriately been taken away from me, because a bad cause alway s requ i res t h e b est counsel, and he party who has the conduct of this case well knew the advantage there would be of having a peep into the brief of his opponent; for, viitnally, that is the case. You, gentlemen, have heard of another cause, which was tried at Guildhall, before Lord Denman, in the month of February last, and upon that occasion I had the advantage of the experience, and knowledge, and talent of Mr. Platt. As is usual in such c ases, I also had what is called a consultation with Mr Platt ; that is, when the client goes with his attorney to the chamber of his counsel, and ponder s w i t h t h e strictest confidence over the merits and defects of his case, they discuss the best mode of laying it before the jury as to the way they shall most promi nently urge the strongest parts, and by what ingenuity they will varnish over that which may he defective. The other side have taken from me my counsel with whom I had conferred in the man na I have stated ; and who conducted my defence at Guild .at hale, an if, gentlemen, it may b e said tire; O.IIAV - Irli. e ei 'difficulty in selecting from the many gentlemen I see .alit q.c a 4ersonin every way competent to conduct my cause,}' e knost readily conced e th a t, y e t I n?fist take leave to say th t Uevizs not in a cc ndition to do so with any satisfaction to uleself. hold in my hand a brief which my solicitors had prepared, in wi: , ich they call Mr. Platt's attention to the facts sad circumstenctla. of this case in reference to that trial, and I produce it for the in rpose of showing that it was my intention, as also that of my so li c i tor , to reta i n t h e services of that Learned Gen tleman. What, then, Gentlemen, must have been net/ surprise, on hearing that Mr. Platt had gone over to • the other side? I recollect when I was an attorney, not: many years since, that if I, having keen concerned ihr a. client, had afterwards, with all my acquaintance with his case, intimately conversant with its facts and details, gone over to the other side, as it is called, to nive to the adversary of my client the benefit of my know ledge, I think the Learned Judge who sits there would tell you in what way an attorney so acting would be dealt with. But there are two classes of morality that heloage to the bar—a species of ethical honour that is peculme to themselves, and on which I make no further remark, the for the purpose of explaining to you whence it is I am in th. position you now see me. Gentlemen, you have also heard 0 42/. being paid into Court ; and it is to that fact, as men of business, that I venture to call your attention. Br one of those modern improvements in our law, it is now competent to a de.; fendant, when an action is brought against him for what is, termed unliquidated damages, to pay into Court that sum of money which he in his conscience, and under the direction of !nose wno are better judges than himself, thinks he ought tee' pay into Court. Formerly he could not do so. A defendant: might say—this is a very hard case upon me-1 am willing tarn, do what's right—l am willing to pay something-1m th e mem , I make advances to my adversary, the farther he runs away' from me. The law has met that difficulty by allowing the do fendant to pay into Court that which he in his judgment deems a fair and honest compensation, and the best mode of meeting his adversary's demand. Gentlemen, in this case it was inr poss Ile for me—and the evidence you have heard this day , tells you how impossible it was for me, whatever disposition I n:ay have had to do so—to pay any sum of money into Court. A gentleman has told you he considers 60/. a fair compensation, and that he founds that estimate on a belief that Parliament will extend to the end of July. It may run into August ; and it is thought by some even to September or Oc tober. If, therefore, I had paid a sum of money into Court agreeably to his advice—they would have taken that out — they would have chuckled over their good fortune—they wooidl have said, " Here is an acknowledgment of the action ; so far so good; here is the ellen - lied means by which we can keep on the machinery of the law, aod we will speculate on the un certainty of the:law for somethin e rr more." So that when I had paid my sixty guineas into Court, we should have had a host of reporters, like the Glasgow sette e -spinners, very ready to keep up the pretensions of' the craft—ta'eY are all here to tell you they consider nothing like th e enti r e e " ne-Y would satiety, and they would have s aid —" M one y has ranhing to do with it —there is Mr. Knox's wounded feelings—ma when one comes to describe the am oun t o f p ersona l and menu: agitation of .:- being dismissed from the T ine S un o ffi ce , i t i s i nn "'ossible for ; us, belonging to a sensitiv e race o f men , b y any vo is - ar arith metic, to define what amount ought to have been paid into Court" In point of fact, I might have been racking my ingenuity, and making all sorts of inquiries as to what I should pay heto Court, but pay what I might I could never meet the views. , • and wishes of these gentlemen; because, if I had paid threat guineas a-week up to the end of July, we should have ge tlemen from the gallery of the House of Commons stating that they remembered the long hot nights of August, and' perhaps reminding me of having reported a long and tedious speech of my own—(a laugh); and God knows, looking at the Reformed Parliament, people talk twice as long with twice as little sense as before.—( Mitch laughter.) Gentle men of the Jury, what could I do? After having expressed my readiness to settle this matter in any way two gentlemen would determine as referees, cot party men, but such men as . Mr. Baldwin, of the Standard, and others, I was comp] . mented with six writs. Now really, gentlemen, supposing - . those gentlemen had a right to compensation, and that they could not get the defendant to listen to any fair terms, and that they had been driven with reluctance, but most right fully into Court, I do ask whether it was becoming in them to bring six actions at one and the same time, their attorney, of course, disdaining anything like the vulgar experiment of mul tiplying actions to multiply costs ? But why bad they not proposed, if a question of law was to be decided—why did theyr not propose that one action should be tried, and that the ver dict of one should be the verdict of all ? Because they wcr all part of the same engagement—they were all to receive th. same sum of money, and the same rule of law, the same me sure of justice, and the same rule of evidence would apply* to each. But that would not serve their purpose—six writs; were served, and one of them came on for trial before Lord Denman in the city of London. On that occasion I had the ~. assistance of the Learned Gentleman now before you, and have a recollection of the course he took on that occasione His Lordship has been kind enough to intimate that a reference to documents will be considered as evidence, and that it will enable Mr. Platt to let loose the tor rent of bis eloquence—l won't call it abuse—for eloquent men are never abusive—(A laugh)—that he will give me what is called a good set down, and that he will do it the more readily and glibly because I cannot come after him.— ( Much laughter.) This is no imagination of mine, for laet-- time, as appears by Mr. Platt's brief, which I now hold in my hand, I intended to call witnesses, and this memoran dum—l hardly know why it has been put into my hands and made my evidence, when his own witness had produced it--e last time he made it the evidence of the other party.--( Much laughter.) Oa that occasion he said, " you need not call any evidence —you have got such a case as must ensure you a verdict." Why, Gentlemen, I have got the same case ro-day.--(A laugh.) Gentlemen, on that occasion, under his advice, I called no witnesses, and the case went to the Jury with a full conviction that the result would have been a verdict for the defendant instead of for the plaintiff. A Jury of gentlemen living in the City of London, with liberal inclinations and calculations, after bearing all the evidence, gave a verdict for Forty-two Pounds. Now, if I had not paid that money into Court in the present case, f should have with great confidence appealed to the Jury with - a firm conviction that I should hava had a better verdict than when I had the Learned Gentleman's assistance.—(Much laughter.) lam not here to arraign that verdict ; but I may state that when the trial was over the Judge asked if the plain tiff's Counsel intended to reserve to himself the right of moving to enlarge the damages, and the Attorney-General, with that judgment and diseretion which justifies the high situation which he fills, " replied " Not at all, my Lord, we s . arc content ;" and his Lordship said, " I think you had better be content." I have no fault to find with the gentlemen from the Tissues, Chronicle, and Herald, who have come here to day to give evidence. It is conceived in the spirit of attach ment to the body which I have found to exist among the gen t emen of the learned profession, for I found that I could not have the Resistance of any of these gentlemen around ene to advise with in the cross-examination of witnesses—they roust ' be leaders, and not the followers of an inexperienced layman, ' and by this means they hope to maintain the profit and ad vancement of their body. lam not surprised at it— &nes go hard, and there are only a few loaves and .! fishes among all these Gallileans 1 see here.--( Lend roars of laughter.) At the same time, Gentlemen, I ierr not intimidated by the unenviatale position in which I am place ,, , because I know there is that sterling good sense in an English Jury, that however the Learned Counsel may attempt to beguile them by faseihating language, and the array of bril- Haat sophisms, their strong native cense will rise superior to ito influence—will get at the justice of the case, and, record it by their verdict. It was that strong impression upon my mind, and my high veneration for the tribunal of which you form part, which made me so readily bow to the judgment of the Jury, to whose decision I have already referred, and I in stalely instructed my attorney to pay in three other cases 421. each into Court. With respect to two others, there are, lam instructed, other grounds of defence, which justify my with- holding the mon,y. Gentlemen, I call upon you to throw around me the shield of your protection, and to vindicate by your verdict that decision to which another Jar' has come upon a similar else. Neve,. was any person placed in so helpless a condition as myself, because, who are the parties in this case? It is the boast of our law, and has often been enforced, that no man can be a judge in his own case—that no man can solve as a juror in his own case—that a man cannot be a witness in Ills own ease. But a man might be judge in his own ease, and yet not be able to trample over trhe disinterestedness of the Jury—or if he is upon thu Jury in his own case, he cannot prevail over those about him, edit less can he control the tisinterested vigilance of the Bench ; but, Gentlemen, in what way can a man stand up against interested w:tnosses, who may swear and state what will serve their case, and yet be aim nable to no tribune] what ever? You have had Mr. Geary aid Mr. Preemie examined in this case, and Mr. Knox, the present plaintiff, was ex. amieed in the last case, and here they are ringing the cheuges after the thimble-rig description of the Ministry, given by Lord Stanley, some time ago.---( Laughter.) What these - gentlemen state may be true or may be false—it requires two witnesses to convict a man of perjury—they may be steeped chin-deep in perjury, and what protection have I? Mr. Geary saw where the shoe pinched with respect to Knox, who was liable to be called to the country, and he says there was a special exception in his favour; and it would appear as if, like other Commandera-in-Chief, he had a large salary, and very little duty. To show you how I have been served, they handed me in the list the name of Mr. Ross, who wag A I in the rank of reporters, and three weeks afterwards, Mr. Ross was allowed to go into the country, without any intimation to me, and another person substituted fur him. I felt the force of this, and, as has been stated to you, I drew up a me morandum of agreement of a fortnight's notice, as I had done in the previous Session. [ Mr. Harvey here read the memo— randum which bound the parties .to leave or be dismissed at • a fortnight's notice, the blanhs to be filled up by the nano-ea of the gentlemen comprising the corps, and th.: date when it would have been sigued.li The Learned Counsel may of course reply that this is au afterthought of 'iliac, after the agreen eat had been entered into. But the Gentlemen of the Jury would recollect, that Ala Geary, who was pre sent when the first negociation was opened with Mr. Knox, had taken away that memorandum, which was quite eine ecessary if eve:v thing was arranged, and which plainlY that something had been left uneettled.--t Mr. !honey here proceeded to reed a portion of Me. meheee to the Jury in the former case, in eommentiog upon the memoren• dum, in which he ilenounced the conduct of the ptaietiir and his friends es being most unfair and unjustifiable tower& M r. Harvey. The reading of the passage oceaseoned much laughter.] Is it not clear from this that Mr. Platt, it he attempts to do away with the f of that documeht is only ridiculing you—that like the Antinamia.ns, who consider the Word as no rule of life for believers, so the law is no rule of right to lawyers, and that they only laugh at those who believe them ? 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